This is my first attempt at fanfic and it's kind of fun :)

All recognizable characters and situations are not my own. I'm not that cool. They belong to Stephenie Meyer, of course :)

I'd love to know what you think so, please, let me know!

Preface

Her first brush with the supernatural was pretty uneventful. She didn't even realized it had happened until years later. She was 12 and on a family camping trip somewhere outside of Edmonton, Alberta. It was a little cold for her liking (especially for July) and this particular day was rainy and overcast. She couldn't stand being stuck under the tarp her father had put up as shelter any longer. She could only take so much UNO and Phase 10 at once. Her mom could see how antsy she was getting and sent her for a walk up to the little convenience store on the campground to buy some fixings for s'mores.

Grateful for the opportunity to do something, she jumped at the chance. She was especially excited that her mom trusted her to go alone. She felt she was old enough to do things by herself but her parents didn't always agree.

She entered the store and found what she was looking for almost immediately. The camp owners had conveniently placed the graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallows right near the front. Not wanting to go back to the campsite so quickly, the young girl walked past the s'mores display and wandered around the store. There wasn't much to look at. A few things that campers might have forgotten like hot dog rolls, matches, charcoal, even some rain ponchos. There were some post cards with pictures of nature and wildlife that you could send home to your friends and family. There was a small display of books and magazines. It was here that her first supernatural encounter occurred.

There was a boy standing by the magazines with a bored look on his face. He glanced up at her as she rounded the corner from the previous aisle. He was thumbing through a magazine with a fancy car on the front. The girl thought he was cute for an older boy. She pegged him for a high schooler or maybe even college.

"Hi," she smiled. She never really bought into the whole "don't talk to strangers" thing. She really liked meeting new people. "I'm Bradley."

The boy looked at her, amused. "Edward," he introduced himself.

"Bummer about the rain. I was hoping the sun would come out for a bit but it doesn't look like that's going to happen," Bradley said, excited to be talking to someone outside her family even if only for a minute and only about the weather.

He smiled at her and shrugged. "I don't mind the rain so much."

"Yeah, you look like maybe you don't get alot of sun." As soon as the words were out of her mouth Bradley regretted them. Her mother had told her she really needed to start filtering her thoughts. She said almost everything that came to mind without thinking them through. She never wanted to offend anyone but she seemed to have no barrier between her thoughts and her mouth.

And it was true anyway. The boy, Edward, was unnaturally pale. His white skin contrasted nicely with his messy auburn hair and dark gold eyes so it worked for him but he looked like he hadn't seen sun in years.

Before she could apologize, Edward chuckled. "Do you say everything that comes to your mind?"

"Yes!" Bradley exclaimed, relieved he wasn't angry with her. "I'm working on it," she assured him. "Are you camping here too?"

Edward nodded. "Family vacation," he said in a tone that Bradley didn't quite understand. There was something under it...sarcasm maybe? She couldn't quite put her finger on it. It seemed to her that Edward was watching her as she pondered his tone.

"Me too. My parents, me and my little brother," she answered wanting to drag out this conversation so she wouldn't have to go back to cards under the tarp. "We got in a couple days ago and we're staying until the end of the week."

Edward just smiled kindly at her. She could tell he was just humoring her like she did her little brother. As she thought this his brow furrowed for a second before his face went back to normal.

"Well," she said, not wanting to force her company on him any longer, "I should go back so my mom doesn't think I got eaten by a bear or something."

The look on Edwards face clearly said "or something" but he smiled at her and said "Ok. Maybe I'll see you around."

"See ya!" Bradley walked back to the s'mores display and picked up what she needed. She made a little small talk with the cashier as she paid for her items and threw a wave back at Edward on her way out.

Bradley came across Edward a couple more times that week. Each time there was just a wave and a "Hey!" called across the basketball court or parking lot. She didn't really think too much about it. Every summer her family went camping but rarely did they camp in the same place. Every summer she met new people. She made friends quickly and really enjoyed her times getting to know people. But these summer friends were just that. Summer friends. She never expected to see them again. She especially didn't give a whole lot of thought to the clearly older Edward.